Neobelocera

Chen, Xiang-Sheng, 2003, A new species of the genus Neobelocera (Homoptera: Delphacidae) from China, Zootaxa 290, pp. 1-4 : 2

Key to known species of Neobelocera

1 Frons with pale transverse stripe below level of lower margin of eyes ( Fig. 3 ) ........... 2

­ Frons without pale transverse stripe.............................................................................. 3

2 Frons with some short, dark transverse stripes along inner margin of lateral carina, genae with 2–3 light brown spots; pygofer without medioventral process; phallus markedly thicker than phallobase, apex of phallus rounded, without process; genital styles stick­shape, apical part rounded, with a nipple­like process at subapical 1/3....... .......................................................................................... N. asymmetrica Ding & Yang

­ Frons without dark transverse stripes, genae without light brown spots ( Fig. 3 ); pygofer with medioventral processes, median one short and tapering, lateral ones slen­ der, long ( Fig. 4 ); phallus as thick as phallobase, phallus with node and 4 long processes at apex ( Fig. 7 ); genital styles without process, tapering apically ( Fig. 8 ) .......... ..................................................................................................... N. lanpingensis n. sp.

3 Frons longer at midline than wide at widest part, ratio about 1.8:1; aedeagus slender, long, compressed, not forked at apex; genital styles broad, with branch­like processes near apex ........................................................................... N. hanyinensis Qing & Yuan

­ Frons longer at midline than wide at widest part, ratio about 1.6:1; aedeagus compressed, forked at apex; genital styles slender, without branch­like processes............... .................................................................................................... N. zhejiangensis (Zhu)

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 8. Neobelocera lanpingensis n. sp., male. 1, adult, dorsal view; 2, head and thorax, dorsal view; 3, frons and clypeus; 4, male genitalia, posterior view; 5, the same, left side; 6, anal segment, left side; 7, aedeagus, left side; 8, genital style, left side. Scale bars: Fig. 1 = 2.0 mm; Figs. 2 – 3 = 0.5 mm; Figs. 4 – 5 = 0.2 mm; Figs. 6 – 8 = 0.25 mm.